“...we see God working in terms of Jewish culture to reach Jews, yet, refusing to impose Jewish customs on Gentiles. Instead non-Jews are to come to God and relate to Him in terms of their own cultural vehicles. We see the Bible endorsing, then, a doctrine we call biblical sociocultural adequacy in which each culture is taken seriously but none advocated exclusively as the only one acceptable to God.” CultureTermTakenNotesJewDoctrineRelateCustomsAcceptableVehicleBiblicalGentilesAdequacyEndorsingJewish Culture Book:Anthropology for Christian Witness Source: Anthropology for Christian Witness
“Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches across America is an extension of the therapeutic culture: festooned with feelings, mostly misdirected. Untempered by intelligent interpretation of scripture... American pop-theology: light on doctrine, heavy on hellfire and damnation.” CountryFeelingsLightAmericaCultureChurchChristianityIntelligentHeavyPopsScriptureTheologyDoctrineOur CountryInterpretationExtensionsTherapeuticDamnation Author:Ilana Mercer
“Is it our task to force the biblical doctrine of God to answer to modern culture, or (is it our task) to address modern culture with the biblical doctrine of God? If modern culture-or any culture-establishes the baseline for the doctrine of God, such a doctrine will certainly bear little resemblance to the God of the Bible.” IfsLittlesCultureForceAnswersModernBearsTasksDoctrineAddressesBiblicalResemblanceModern Culture Author:Albert Mohler
“Contrary to our culture, the Biblical doctrine of Grace humbles us without degrading us, and elevates us without inflating us.” CultureGraceContraryDoctrineBiblicalDegrading Author:Kenneth Boa